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Benton County, Arkansas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
156historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
284,333pop. 2020
117cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 156 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966. Most listings are in or near Bentonville, Rogers, Siloam Springs.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Arkansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Benton titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

129 of 156 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

156 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adar HouseSulfur SpringsBuilding1988
Alden HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Alfrey-Brown HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1984
Applegate DrugstoreRogersBuilding1982
Bank of GentryGentryBuilding1988
Bank of Rogers BuildingRogersBuilding1980
Banks HouseHiwasseeBuilding1988
Bartell, Fred, HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Beasley HomesteadBethel HeightsBuilding1988
Bella Vista Village Country ClubBella VistaBuilding2021
Bella Vista Water TankBella VistaStructure1992
Benton County CourthouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Benton County JailBentonvilleBuilding1988
Benton County National BankBenton CityBuilding1983
Benton County Poor Farm CemeteryBentonvilleSite2008
Bentonville Confederate MonumentBentonvilleObject1996
Bentonville Confederate MonumentBentonvilleObject1996
Bentonville High SchoolBentonvilleBuilding1988
Bentonville Post OfficeBentonvilleBuilding2025
Bentonville Third Street Historic DistrictBentonvilleDistrict1993
Bentonville Train StationBentonvilleBuilding1988
Bentonville West Central Avenue Historic DistrictBentonvilleDistrict1992
Bertschy HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Blackburn HouseRogersBuilding1988
Blackwell-Paisley CabinBella VistaBuilding1988
Bogan CabinBella VistaBuilding1988
Bogart Hardware BuildingBentonvilleBuilding1988
Bolin Barn and SmokehouseGravetteBuilding1988
Braithwaite HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Bratt-Smiley HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Breedlove House and Water TowerBentonvilleBuilding1988
Bryan House No. 2RogersBuilding1988
Camp Crowder GymnasiumSulphur SpringsBuilding2011
Campbell HouseRogersBuilding1988
Carl HouseGentryBuilding1988
Carl's Addition Historic DistrictSiloam SpringsDistrict1997
Carpenter BuildingGentryBuilding2018
Coal Gap SchoolLarueBuilding1992
Coats SchoolMaysvilleBuilding1988
Connelly-Harrington HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Coon Creek BridgeCherokee CityStructure2007
Council Grove Methodist ChurchOsage MillsBuilding1988
Craig, Charles R., BuildingBentonvilleBuilding2003
Craig-Bryan HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Deaton CabinBella VistaBuilding1988
Douglas HouseVaughnBuilding1988
Duckworth-Williams HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Elliott HouseBentonvilleBuilding1978
First National BankSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Freeman-Felker HouseRogersBuilding1988
Gailey Hollow FarmsteadLogan CommunityBuilding1988
Garfield Elementary SchoolBentonBuilding1996
Gentry Grand Army of the Republic MonumentGentryObject2018
German Builder's HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Goforth-Saindon Mound GroupSiloam SpringsSite1986
Grand Army of the Republic MemorialSiloam SpringsObject1996
Green BarnLowellBuilding1988
Gypsy Camp Historic DistrictSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Hagler-Cole CabinBella VistaBuilding1988
Henry Furniture Store BuildingSiloam SpringsBuilding1994
Henry House (Additional Documentation)BentonvilleBuilding1988
Highfill School (No. 71)HighfillBuilding2018
Hiwasse Bank BuildingHiwasseBuilding1988
House at 305 E. AshleySiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Illinois River BridgePedroStructure2005
Illinois River BridgeSiloam SpringsStructure1988
Jackson HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
James HouseRogersBuilding1988
Jones HouseSulphur SpringsBuilding1988
Juhre, Charles, HouseRogersBuilding1993
Kansas City Southern Railway Caboose #383GravetteStructure2010
Kansas City Southern Railway Locomotive #73D and Caboose #385DecaturStructure2006
Kansas City-Southern Depot-DecaturDecaturBuilding1992
Kefauver HouseRogersBuilding1988
Kindley HouseGravetteBuilding1988
Koons HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Lakeside HotelSiloam SpringsBuilding1979
Lamberton CabinBella VistaBuilding1988
Lane HotelRogersBuilding1988
Lillard-Sprague HouseRogersBuilding1988
Linebarger HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Macon-Harrison HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Markey HouseGarfieldBuilding1988
Massey HotelBentonvilleBuilding1978
Maxwell-Hinman HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Maxwell-Sweet HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
McCleod HouseSpringdaleBuilding1988
McIntyre HouseLogan CommunityBuilding1988
Merrill HouseRogersBuilding1988
Miller HomesteadPea RidgeBuilding1988
Mitchell HouseGentryBuilding1988
Mitchell-Ward HouseGentryBuilding2005
Monte NeMonte NeStructure1978
Morris HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Mt. Hebron M.E. Church South and CemeteryColvilleBuilding2003
Mutual Aid Union BuildingRogersBuilding1976
Myler HouseRogersBuilding1988
New Home School and ChurchBella VistaBuilding1988
Norwood SchoolNorwood CommunityBuilding1988
Oak Hill MausoleumSiloam SpringsBuilding1996
Oklahoma Row Hotel SiteMonte NeSite1992
Osage Mills DamOsage MillsStructure1988
Parks-Reagan HouseRogersBuilding1988
Pea Ridge Commercial Historic DistrictPea RidgeDistrict2007
Pea Ridge National Military ParkPea RidgeDistrict1966
Peel, Col. Samuel W., HouseBentonvilleBuilding1995
Pharr CabinBella VistaBuilding1988
Piercy FarmsteadOsage MillsBuilding1988
Pinkston-Mays Store Building (Additional Documentation)LowellBuilding1988
Princedom CabinBella VistaBuilding1988
Putman CemeteryBentonvilleSite2004
Pyeatte HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1995
Quell HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Railroad CottageGentryBuilding2005
Raney HouseRogersBuilding1988
Reeves HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1995
Rice HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988
Rice, James A., HouseBentonvilleBuilding1984
Rife FarmsteadOsage MillsBuilding1988
Rife HouseRogersBuilding1988
Rocky Branch SchoolPrairie CreekBuilding1988
Rogers City HallRogersBuilding1988
Rogers Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase II)RogersBuilding1998
Rogers Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase III)RogersDistrict2012
Rogers Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)RogersBuilding2002
Rogers Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)RogersDistrict1993
Rogers Milk Plant BuildingRogersBuilding2019
Rogers Post Office BuildingRogersBuilding1988
Roy's Office Supply BuildingBentonvilleBuilding1988
Sager, Simon, CabinSiloam SpringsBuilding1976
Sellers FarmMaysvilleBuilding1988
Shady Grove SchoolPea RidgeBuilding1988
Shaw-Blair HouseLowellBuilding2020
Shiloh HouseSulphur SpringsBuilding1988
Shores WarehouseCave SpringsBuilding1988
Siloam Springs City ParkSiloam SpringsStructure1988
Siloam Springs Downtown Historic District (Additional Documentation)Siloam SpringsDistrict1995
Smith HouseBentonvilleBuilding1996
Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Cross Hollow SegmentLowellStructure2005
Springfield to Fayetteville Road-Elkhorn Tavern SegmentGarfieldStructure2005
Stack BarnMonte NeBuilding1988
Stockton BuildingSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Stroud HouseBentonvilleBuilding1996
Sulphur Springs Old School Complex Historic DistrictSulphur SpringsDistrict2001
Sulphur Springs Park ReserveSulphur SpringsDistrict1999
Sutherlin CabinBella VistaBuilding1988
Terry Block BuildingBentonvilleBuilding1982
Thurmond HouseSiloam SpringsBuilding1988
Van Winkle's Mill SiteRogersSite2007
Vinson HouseRogersBuilding1988
Walnut Street Historic DistrictRogersDistrict1988
War Eagle BridgeWar EagleStructure1985
Wasson HouseSpringtownBuilding1988
Wee Pine KnotSulphur SpringsBuilding1999
Wonderland CaveBella VistaSite1988
Young, Col., HouseBentonvilleBuilding1988

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Benton was formed in 1836 (1836-09-30) from Washington.

BENTON created from WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Benton County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

284k143k2,2281840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,2289,30620,32831,61136,25336,14838,07636,27278,115153,406284,333

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
periPark unit24.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

117 cemeteries and 50 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 117 listed
NameLatLon
Alpine Cemetery (historical)36.35591-93.99464
Armstrong Cemetery36.28665-94.33506
Austin Cemetery36.23793-93.90953
Banks Cemetery36.48701-94.0952
Baptist Cemetery36.25979-94.23048
Barron Cemetery36.32202-94.29076
Bayless Cemetery36.48295-93.95425
Beavers Cemetery36.4984-94.38021
Benton County Memorial Gardens36.33424-94.17242
Bentonville Cemetery36.3684-94.2177
Bethel Cemetery36.39174-94.4366
Blagg Cemetery36.22257-94.54382
Bland Cemetery36.33729-94.18464
Bland Cemetery (historical)36.3523-93.92798
Bloomfield Cemetery36.26591-94.5366
Bozarth Cemetery36.29744-94.51472
Brady Cemetery36.10202-94.53493
Butler Creek Cemetery36.4959-94.48021
Buttram Cemetery36.44095-94.08856
Callum Cemetery36.30467-94.55057
Carter Cemetery (historical)36.33257-93.90742
Centerton Cemetery36.36258-94.28522
Cherokee City Cemetery36.29785-94.5691
Clantonville Cemetery36.48145-93.90602
Coats Cemetery36.35245-94.56816
Coffelt Cemetery36.32349-94.34138
Daniels Cemetery36.44633-94.37067
Davis Cemetery36.12611-94.47768
Dean Cemetery36.41896-94.02131
Decatur Cemetery36.33602-94.45699
Dibler Cemetery36.23766-94.00733
Dickson Cemetery36.31997-94.57719
Dodson Cemetery36.34257-94.1977
Douglas Cemetery36.26383-94.32352
Dow Cemetery36.41644-94.52508
Dug Hill Cemetery36.47674-94.24548
Fairmount Cemetery36.22758-94.44611
Falling Springs Cemetery36.3334-94.51479
Flint Creek Cemetery36.24236-94.49949
Ford Cemetery36.4559-94.02631
Foster Cemetery36.46126-94.15799
Frisco Springs Cemetery36.27103-94.077
Gamble Cemetery36.37008-94.30243
Gateway Cemetery36.49289-93.92631
Gentry Cemetery36.25356-94.4945
Georgia Cemetery36.40479-94.50299
Goad Springs Cemetery36.24992-94.1539
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery36.49146-94.44326
Gunter Cemetery36.18889-94.53772
Hart Cemetery36.31383-94.20758
Hatfield Cemetery (historical)36.32452-93.91298
Henson Cemetery (historical)36.33868-93.89186
Hickman Cemetery36.43173-94.1327
Hickory Creek Cemetery36.22896-94.03408
Highfill Cemetery36.25389-94.34925
Hillcrest Cemetery36.42924-94.45576
Ingersoll Cemetery (historical)36.32785-94.01214
Jackson Cemetery36.36646-94.2577
Jefferson Cemetery36.37463-94.17413
Johnson Cemetery36.2134-93.99075
Keith Cemetery36.40951-94.33409
Key Cemetery36.29979-94.01936
Kindley Cemetery36.39828-94.15731
Lee Cemetery36.47812-94.52382
Liberty Cemetery36.43895-94.01075
Little Flock Cemetery36.37589-94.14463
Logan Cemetery36.19896-94.3877
Lone Elm Cemetery36.20836-94.48635
Martin Cemetery36.34673-93.94853
Martin Cemetery36.18425-94.44718
Maysville Cemetery36.41535-94.59771
McDaniel Cemetery36.27924-94.12297
McReynolds Cemetery36.31562-94.01408
Miller Cemetery36.41618-94.26354
Mount Hebron Cemetery36.25979-94.1952
Mount Pleasant Cemetery36.42984-94.37301
New Home Cemetery36.41479-94.22909
Oak Hill Cemetery36.1873-94.56021
Oakes Cemetery36.41646-94.20742
Oakley Chapel Cemetery36.33451-94.17381
Historical populated places — 50 of 50
NameLatLon
Bozarth36.29813-94.51966
Buttry36.46007-94.05992
Calis36.3773-94.32493
Cannon36.26008-94.24687
Castleville36.25758-94.30549
Cave36.41063-94.58633
Chambers Spring36.11814-94.43077
Checks Corner36.48924-94.52411
Clementine36.37313-94.4516
Colville36.25869-94.19465
Cottage Hill36.24202-93.89659
Cross Roads36.28619-94.4441
Crown36.29452-94.3941
Crump36.48952-94.50605
Dorsey36.38119-94.47522
Eldorado Springs36.36813-94.53494
Electric Springs36.34257-94.1002
Felker36.2273-94.46827
Flint36.22369-94.46827
Freeman36.29035-94.14687
Frisco Springs36.26785-94.0802
Gallatin36.37897-94.4266
Hart36.3173-94.20715
Hoover36.25063-94.34188
Hurd36.48313-93.93964
Jaybird36.3848-94.56466
Key36.30285-94.01826
Lee36.47813-94.52438
Liberty36.2473-94.15493
Line Store36.49785-94.02437
Lone Elm36.20952-94.48688
Miller Springs36.47535-94.563
Osborn36.48146-93.94131
Pactolus36.36758-94.53605
Parn36.3398-94.34521
Pippin36.49396-94.02326
Pond36.37785-94.39049
Puckett36.35369-94.04353
Race36.39119-94.28826
Rocky Comfort36.46591-94.30132
Rome City36.39452-94.60078
Round Top36.48452-94.48411
Sedalia36.27869-93.90214
Silver Springs36.28424-94.05659
Summit36.46174-94.19048
Trammell36.29452-94.47077
Vogel36.22508-94.1377
Wager36.22286-94.28854
Wann36.48285-94.563
Woods36.36813-94.15132

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Pea Ridge12,00720.6 kmAR001

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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